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Counting Acute Inpatient Care. Abf Information Series No. 5, Kathy Eagar Jan 2011

Counting Acute Inpatient Care. Abf Information Series No. 5, Kathy Eagar

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As outlined in ABF Information Paper Number 1, a critical element of Activity Based Funding (ABF) is the need to define, classify, count, cost and pay for each health care activity in a consistent manner. For acute patients who stay in hospital for more than a day, this is not an issue. These patients are classified as acute ‘overnight admitted patients’ and are counted by Diagnosis Related Group (DRG).


Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration: Improving The Quality Of Palliative Care Using Routine, Standard Patient Assessments, Maree Banfield Jan 2011

Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration: Improving The Quality Of Palliative Care Using Routine, Standard Patient Assessments, Maree Banfield

Sydney Business School - Papers

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) allows palliative care nurses to more effectively evaluate the quality of care being provided to patients. The PCOC was established in 2005 under the National Palliative Care Program and is supported by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The collaboration includes the University of Wollongong, the University of Western Australia Flinders University and Queensland University of Technology, with associated quality improvement facilitators to assist services with PCOC.